Behind the Covers

SZA

2 album covers in our archive

SZA is featured in Behind the Covers' archive with 2 album covers from the 2020s. Released across Top Dawg Entertainment/RCA Records and Top Dawg Entertainment labels, the artwork sits in the r&b tradition. Each cover is documented in our archive with design notes covering photography, portrait, surreal, controversial, underwater, vulnerability. Below you'll find the full story behind each SZA cover — designers, photographers, label history, and the visual choices that defined the release.

SOS Deluxe: LANA by SZA — album cover art

SOS Deluxe: LANA (2024)

SZA transforms into a shimmering insect creature for this deluxe reissue cover, shot by Cassidy Meyers. The bug persona originated from her Hot Ones appearance where she quipped about being 'tired of not being a bug.'

Label
Top Dawg Entertainment/RCA Records
Photographer
Cassidy Meyers
Genre
R&B
Decade
2020s
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SOS by SZA — album cover art

SOS (2022)

SZA's SOS cover transforms intimate vulnerability into stark visual poetry, featuring the singer diving backwards into murky water. The image captures the album's themes of emotional drowning and rebirth through a single, perfectly timed underwater moment.

Label
Top Dawg Entertainment
Genre
R&B
Decade
2020s
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